BlackBerry Bold now has a new leather case which can protect the mobile phone from scratches. The leather case, made by Case-mate, is handcrafted with premium leather and protects mobile phones from scratches. BlackBerry Bold 9000 is an very well built device. The battery life is terrific.
Mobile voice plans, SMS plans, MMS and other data plans are offered separately. Handset not included with Windows Mobile? 6 business mobility plans. Mobile Syrup has a hands-on review of the device which focuses on its multimedia aspects. Magawhat.tv also did a hands-on, specifically to see if the Bold measures up to the iPhone.
Per CompanionLink’s website, the software does not sync e-mail. This is pretty surprising, as the mail file in Notes contains mail, calendar, and the to do list. Perhaps RIM could make the trackball touch sensitive so that you could hold the trackball in a given direction and it would continue to scroll until you remove the finger/thumb from the trackball? Personally though, I don’t really like the back side of this mobile phone, while it doesn’t match the front in my opinion. However, during my test period with the Bold 9000 I received a lot of positive reactions to it.
Performance of the Bold is very snappy and quick due to the 624MHz Intel CPU, which is a huge improvement over past BlackBerry models. There’s a 1500mAh battery that is rated for a talk time of a little over 4 hours and about 10 days standby.